a The contradiction here by which the upper lake level is less than the lower one is noted in the original MS., but not corrected, b The fall of Kootenay River for about 30 miles south from latitude 49° 35′ N, is 2 feet per mile. c At bend of Kootenay River above mouth of Elk River computed height is 2,381 feet. The fall of the Kootenay for about 20 miles from above mouth of Elk River south is 4 feet per mile. 2,451 2,682 2,679 2,619 2,741 2,420 c 2,400 2,364 2,361 2,401 2,348 461 462 Forage cache on trail 13 miles from Yahk. 459 Camp on terrace on trail 3 miles east of Mooyie Crossing 460 Kootenay River, 55 miles below crossing; mouth Kootenay River, 61 miles below crossing; Chelemta Summit of mountain range between waters of 466 Summit of divide between Yahk and Kootenay. 467 Camp west of divide.... 472 Camp at east bend of Yahk 474 Camp at west bend of Yahk. 475 Camp on Yahk.. 476.....do... 458 2,298 2, 161 2,260 1,792 1,796 7,852 3,256 Camp on waters of Kootenay, near divide with 2, 942 4,862 5,498 5,520 4,954 4,794 3,483 3, 194 2,983 2,959 2,935 2,759 2,697 477 Camp below falls. 2,414 478 Camp at mouth of Yahk 1,926 a Measured with theodolite. INDIAN NAMES. In the prosecution of the survey considerable attention was given to the language of the native tribes along the line. George Gibbs, who accompanied the party, is referred to in various capacities as geologist, ethnologist, guide, interpreter, and naturalist. The first Chinook dictionary is said to have been prepared by him, and this was to form a part of the final report of the survey. Later Mr. Gibbs was engaged by the Smithsonian Institution in elaborating linguistic material from the tribes of the Northwest. This work was unfinished at the time of his death in April, 1873. Some of it has been published since. To secure uniformity in the spelling of the names of various camps and stations Mr. Gibbs prepared lists which were submitted to General Parke and made official. There are three such lists among the papers. The first two are signed; the third is not signed. The first list is as follows: The three lists have been combined, arranged, studied in company with the published maps of the boundary and later official maps. The results are here given with notes derived from such comparison and study. For easy reference on the maps the approximate longitudes are given. A-kin-kwo-náh-ki;2 branch of Flathead River heading with 114 30 Ak-káph-kleh; falls of the Kootenay River, Flathead County, 115 45 Ak-o-nó-ho; creek tributary to Tobacco River3. 115 05 Ak-swák; creek from south at bend of the Kootenay*. 115 15 1 Kam-i-na-watershed. ? Perhaps this is Yokinikah Creek of the Land Office map of Montana. 3 Tobacco River=Grave Creek of Land Office map of Montana. 4 Not named on boundary map; apparently Fisher Creek of Land Office map of Montana, and Masula River of official map of British Columbia, 1895. |